“For dogges haue compassed me: the assembly of the wicked haue inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feete.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- King James Version
For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
- Basic English Bible
For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- Darby Bible
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- Webster's Bible
For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
- World English Bible
And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(22:17) For dogs have encompassed me; a company of evil-doers have inclosed me; like a lion, they are at my hands and my feet.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 22:16
22:16 Dogs - So he calls his enemies for their insatiable greediness, and implacable fierceness against him. Pierced - These words cannot with any probability be applied to David, but were properly and literally verified in Christ.